@Venaldre No Laura knew he existed, I mean her dad left her with her grandmother do you not remember? What she thought was that she was abandoned.
However to Dalton, he has lived his whole life thinking that maybe Louise left his daughter with either her mother/ relatives she was probably very loved, considering how affectionate Louise was when speaking about her. Dalton would have assumed she wouldn't be in an environment where shed be mistreated. He had seen Louise handmake presents for her and write her letters frequently. He had seen Louise work himself to death to be able to provide for her. I think Dalton simply lived his entire life believing that his teachers feelings were reciprocated and that his daughter knew how loved she was. He had just learned she didnt even know he passed. I assume his first thought was that her relatives must have know and simply hid it from Laura so she wouldnt be distraught. Then he learns he had received nothing from Louise while he was at the Dalton estate. He must still have been holding onto the hope that surely she had to have know how much he loved her, when Dalton had gotten to see it himself everyday.
We must also consider that Dalton had grown up very loved and privileged his whole life. Laura meanwhile had grown up parentified, separated from the love she had deserved and disadvantaged. She must learn selfishness just as Dalton must learn selflessness.
I am not saying hes not being a bit of an a*s, however hes not being cartoonish about it. His shock and reaction to me feels very human. Both are rigid and unfair in their point of view of the world, that is why they must learn from each other.
